Frederick Orpen Bower

Biographical Summary

BOWER, FREDERICK ORPEN,. 04/11/1855-11/04/1948. Ref: 1734. Male.

• Place of Birth: Ripon, Yorkshire.
• Place of Death: Ripon, Yorkshire.
• Profession: Botanist.
• Appointments Held: Assistant 1880-2, Botany, University College, London; Lecturer 1882-5, Botany, Normal School, South Kensington; Professor 1885-1925, Botany, Glasgow University.
• Schools and Tutors: Repton School, Derbyshire. 1868-.
• Undergraduate Studies: MA(Cantab 1877).
• Postgraduate Studies: D.Sc (Cantab) LL.D.
• Publications: "Plant Life on Land" 1911, "Plants and Man" 1925.
• Marital Status: unmarried.
• Mother: Cornelia Morris.
• Father: Abraham Bower, Elmcroft, Ripon, Yorks.
• References: RSE Year Book 1948, 8;, Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society, 6, 347-71 signed W. H. Lang, 371-4 catalogue of publications; Gillispie 2, 370-2; Who Was Who 4.
• Memberships: FRS (1891), FLS, Royal Society of Belgium, The Academy of Science of Munich, The Royal Danish Society.
• Date of Election: 01/02/1886.
• Proposers: George Chrystal, Sir John Murray, Peter Guthrie Tait, Robert Gray (Billet 7/12, 21/12/1885, 4/1, 18/1/1886).
• Service to the RSE: Councillor 1887-90, 1893-6, 1907-9, 1917-19, Vice-President 1910-16, President 1919-24.
• RSE Prizes and Medals: Neill Prize 1923-5.
• Notes: Photograph NLS Acc10000/380.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 102

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